• Journal of Microbiology
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.340-343
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• 2002

A PCB degrader, Ralstonia eutropha H850 was shown to induce bphC gene encoding 2,3-dihydroxy-biphenyl-1,2-dioxygenase in a carvone-amended pure culture in our previous study (Park et al.,1999). The present study was carried out to examine how plant terpenes, as natural substrates, would cause an expression of a PCB degradative gene in soil that was amended with terpenes. The population of Ralstonia eutropha H850 was maintained at least around 10$\^$8/ (CFU/g fresh soil) in the soil amended with carvone or limonene in the presence of succinate as a growth substrate at 50 th day. The gene expression was monitored by RT-PCR using total RNA directly extracted from each soil and bphC gene primers. The bphC gene expression of the seeded strain H850 was observed in the soil amended with biphenyl (4 days) but not with succinate, carvone and limonene. These results indicate that terpenes widely distributed in nature could be a potential inducing substrate for effective PCB biodegration in the soil but their bioavailability and specific induction behavior should be taken into account before PCB bioremediation implementation.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.11-17
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• 2000

There are among the most relevant toxic emissions from incinerators such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Induction of cytochrome P4501A1 catalyzed 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase(EROD) activity in mammalian cell culture(EROD bioassay) is thought to be a selective and sensitive parameter used for the quantification of dioxin-like components. In this study, the toxic emissions from several school waste incinerators were evaluated by determination of CYPIA catalytic activity and cytotoxicity using cell culture microbioassay. The incinerator residue and soil samples were collected from the schools located in Kyunggi province from April to June 1999. The samples were extracted in a Soxhlet apparatus using toluene for 20 hours. In order to clean-up, concentrated crude extracts were applied to basic alumina column. The EROD activities of extracts in the H4IIE cells were from 1.91$\pm$0.32 ng-TEQ/g to 24.54$\pm$3.48 ng-TEQ/g of biochemical-TEQ value. In soil samples, CYP1A catalytic activity was 0.09~0.64 ng-TEQ/g. EROD bioassay, seems to be a useful short-term bioassay when information about the biological response of complex environmental samples is needed. Although further study is needed, these results indicate that the potent toxic emissions are produced from school waste semi-incinerators.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.859-865
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• 2005

The stimulatory effects of exogenous salicylate as a pathway inducer on phenanthrene biodegradation were investigated using Burkholderia cepacia PM07. The phenanthrene degradation rate was greatly enhanced by increasing the salicylate additions, and the maximum rate was 19.6 mg $I^{-1}\;d^{-1}$ with the addition of 200 mg $I^{-1}$ of salicylate, 3.5 times higher than that (5.6 mg $I^{-1}\;d^{-1}$) without the addition of salicylate. The degradation rate was decreased at higher concentrations of salicylate (above 500 mg$I^{-1}$), and cell growth was significantly inhibited. The phenanthrene degradation was not affected by increasing glucose up to 2 g $I^{-1}$, although dramatic microbial growth was obtained. The stimulatory effect of exogenous salicylate decreased in the presence of glucose. After the addition of 200 mg $I^{-1}$ of salicylate, approximately $60\%$ of the initial phenanthrene (50 mg $I^{-1}$) was degraded after 96 h. However, with extra addition of 200 mg $I^{-1}$ of glucose, the phenanthrene degradation rate decreased, and only $18.5\%$ of the initial phenanthrene was degraded.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.16-27
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• 2009

In this paper, I examined the level of fine dust in medical institutions, educational institutions and multi-purposed facilities to grasp the exact state of the present, and decided the level of air-borne particulate(KSM ISO Standard and ISO Standard 14644-1). We compared new proposed cleaner equipped with HEPA Filter with general cleaner and analyzed the rate of removal according to height, air volume and the equipment with the compulsive air intake. Through this comparison, I reached the conclusion as follows: 1. According to the examination, the fine dust of medical institutions, educational institutions and multi-purposed facilities in Kwang Ju is class 9. 2. The filter used in general cleaner on the market is that of HEPA-type, and its removal efficiency for fine particles($0.3{\sim}0.5{\mu}m$) is very low. 3. In the removal efficiency of new proposed cleaner equipped with HEPA Filter, the higher it is, the better, especially more than 180cm in height. 4. In case it is operated for 5 minutes under the condition of the space of $9.4m^{3}$ and the maximum air volume equipped with two induction pipes, we can keep the air cleanness level of 5 ~ 6. 5. To maintain the air cleanness for a long time, if we first operate for 5 minutes at maximum air volume and then operate at medium maximum air volume, we can keep the air cleanness with low energy.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.405-411
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• 2014

Wild Korean ginseng has been recognized as highly precious medicine since ancient times. Nowadays, the population of wild ginseng in the forest of Korean peninsula is very rare due to indiscreet harvest. In this work, we investigated the plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis from embryogenic callus of old wild ginseng (more than 50 years-old) and compared the features of plants regenerated from 5-years old and 50 years-old ginseng. Induction of embryogenic callus from adventitious roots of 50 year-old wild ginseng required 83 weeks of culture, but only 10 weeks were sufficient for 5 year-old ginseng. Height and width of plants derived from the old wild ginseng was smaller and slender compared to the plantlets derived from 5 year-old ginseng. Total chlorophyll contents was 2-6 time lower in plantlets regenerated from 50 year-old wild ginseng than those from 5 year-old ginseng, but anthocyanin content was higher in 50 year-old ginseng. Our results revealed that plants regenerated from old wild ginseng have different morphological and physiological characters probably due to age-dependent phenomenon.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.377-382
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• 2010

An auxin-producing bacterium (AMT-54) was isolated from ginseng cultivating soil of Geumsan area. The isolate AMT-54 was confirmed to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) which is one of auxin hormone by TLC analysis. When the concentration of IAA was assessed by performing HPLC quantitative analysis, the maximal 457ppm of IAA was detected from the culture filtrate after culturing in R2A broth containing 0.1% tryptophan for 24h at $35^{\circ}C$. The molecular weight of the main peak obtained by LC-mass analysis was correspondent well to 175, that of IAA. The strain AMT-54 was identified as a novel species belongs to Klebsiella mobilis by a chemotaxanomic and phylogenetic analysis. To investigate the growth promoting effect of crop, when the culture broth of K. mobilis AMT-54 was infected onto seed pot of mung bean, the adventitious root induction and root growth of mung bean were 3.3times higher than control.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.113-118
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• 2004

Somatic embryos were formed from calli obtained from axillary shoots (raised from nodal segments of glasshouse-grown plants under aseptic conditions), internodal segments (from in vitro-raised plants), and root and coty-ledonary leaf segments (from in vitro-raised seedlings) after 8 weeks of initial culture. Embryo formation was the highest (97.33%) from cotyledonary leaf callus on Mura-shige and Skoog's (MS) medium containing kinetin (KN) (3 mg/L). Somatic embryo induction was lesser with different combinations of auxins while it increased to 100% in internodal segment and cotyledonary leaf calli with 6-benzyladenine (BA) (2mg/L) along with 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA) (2mg/L). The shoots were induced from somatic embryos raised from root, coty-ledonary leaf and internodal segment calli grown on MS medium containing BA in combination with indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Maximum of 66.67% cultures formed shoots on MS medium containing BA (1mg/L) in combination with IAA (2mg/L). The shoots raised from somatic embryos were rooted on MS medium supplemented with indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) (2mg/L). The plantlets transferred to the field showed 70% survival rate after one year.

• Journal of Mushroom
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.275-281
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• 2015

An auxin-producing bacteria (A-1) was isolated from soils of Oyster mushroom farmhouse in Daejeon city, South Korea. The strain A-1 was classified as a novel strain of Ochrobactrum anthropi based on a chemotaxanomic and phylogenetic analyses. The isolate was confirmed to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), one of auxin hormones, by TLC and HPLC analyses. The maximum concentration of IAA, $5.6mg\;L^{-1}$ was detected from the culture broth of O. anthropi A-1 incubated for 24 h at $35^{\circ}C$ in R2A broth containing 0.1% L-tryptophan. To investigate the growth-promoting effects to the crops, the culture broth of O. anthropi A-1 was inoculated to water cultures and seed pots of mung bean as well as lettuce. In consequence, the adventitious root induction and root growth of mung bean and lettuce were 2.7 and 1.4 times higher than those of the non-inoculated, respectively.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.81-86
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• 1997

The amounts of ascorbic acid in chloroplasts treated with light and light+paraquat (PQ) were reduced by 81 and $82\%$ of initial level, respectively at 24 hr at incubation. And those treated with dark and dark+PQ were decreased by 46 and $55\%$ of the original level, respectively. Malondialdehyde (MDA) contents at 24 hr of dark and dark+PQ treatment were increased by 6 and $31\%$ of the initial level, respectively. When chloroplasts were treated with light and light+PQ, MDA contents after 24 hr were increased by 88 and $146\%$ of the initial level, respectively. SOD activities treated with light and light+PQ were increased by 10 and $20\%$ of the initial level, respectively for 3 hr and thereafter reduced by 46 and $49\%$ of the original level, respectively at 24 hr. However, the SOD activities treated with dark and dark+PQ were decreased by 37 and $30\%$ of the initial level, respectively, It is considered that PQ triggers the oxidation of ascorbic acid, the induction of lipid peroxidation and the inactivation of SOD under light so that PQ has inhibitory effect on the pathway of plant metabolism.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2011

This study was conducted to establish the optimal condition for conservation of genetic resources and micropropagation of Lilium cernum. Induction of bulbet of L. cernum was highly effective (9.2 bulb/explant) on 1/2 SH (Schenk and Hildebrandt) medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/L TDZ (Thidiazuron) and 0.1 mg/L NAA (Naphthaleneacetic acid). The treatment of 0.1 mg/L NAA increased root development (6.4 root/explant) under the in vitro condition. In addition, treatments of AC (Activated Charcoal) and ventilation were enhanced to develop number of shoots and to elongate length of leaf, bulb and root. Futhermore, the process of short-term soil acclimatization was promoted to strengthen the plantlets induced under the in vitro condition.